The Florida Keys and Hawaii harbor some of America's most spectacular marine ecosystems.
Their survival depends entirely on limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
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outplanting heat-tolerant corals onto degraded reefs.
and the next major bleaching event is projected within just 3 years.
But warming remains the existential threat.
NOAA is testing heat-tolerant 'super corals' bred from populations in thermally resilient areas.